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RME Audio DIGI96/8 PAD User Manual
Summary of DIGI96/8 PAD
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User's guide - macintosh version pci bus audio card 2 / 8 channels stereo / adat ® interface 24 bit / 96 khz digital audio 32-96 khz sample rate 24 bit / 96 khz analog audio board rev. 1.0, hardware version 005 ® 24 bit / 96 khz ü ü zlm ® syncalign ®.
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 2 contents 1 introduction .............................................................. 3 2 package contents .................................................... 3 3 system requirements .............................................. 3 4 brief description and characte...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 3 1. Introduction thank you for choosing a rme product. Digi96/8 pst allows the recording of digital and analog audio from cd, dat, sampler or other sources directly into your computer. The numerous unique features and well thought-out configuration dialog puts the di...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 4 5. Technical specifications 5.1 digital • ultra-low jitter s/pdif: • ultra-low jitter adat: • input pll ensures zero dropout, even at more than 40 ns jitter • bitclock pll for trouble-free varispeed in adat mode • high-sensitivity input stage ( • output voltage cons...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 5 6. Hardware installation important: switch off the computer and remove the power cable from the power supply befo- re fitting the digi96/8 pst. Inserting and removing the card while the computer is in operation will more than likely lead to irreparable damage to the...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 6 copy the new files rme digi settings and digi96 asio into all 'asio drivers' folders fo- und on your computer. As every asio software has its own asio drivers folder the files have to be copied several times. The picture to the right shows an example after installat...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 7 8. Operation and usage 8.1 connections the digi96/8 pst has 2 external and 1 internal (contact pins on the board) inputs and outputs. The internal digital input can be connected to an internal cd-rom drive when this is supplied with a digital audio output (advantage...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 8 8.3 digital record unlike analog soundcards which produce empty audio files (just noise) when no input signal is present, digital in/out cards must have a valid input signal to start recording. To take this into account, rme has included two unique features in the d...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 9 9. Configuring the digi96/8 pst 9.1 general the hardware of the digi96 series includes a number of helpful, well thought-of practical functions and options, which allow to configure the behaviour of the card to suit many different requirements. Through ‘settings’ yo...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 10 9.2 analog output whenever the card's output operates in adat format the 2-channel analog output will play back one of the four stereo pairs. The desired pair can be selected in the 'track' field of the settings dialog. The analog output level can be set coarse (fo...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 11 9.5 clock modes - synchronization in the digital world, all devices are either the 'master' (clock source) or a 'slave' synchronized to the master. Whenever several devices are linked within a system, there must always be a single master. The digi96 series includes...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 12 10. Using more than one digi96/8 pst the macos driver includes support for multiple cards. The driver marks them with different numbers after the device's name, like ‘digi96/8 pst in [a1]’. The number is the name of the used pci slot. Thanks to our autosync technol...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 13 11. Special features of the digital output apart from the audio data itself, digital audio signals in spdif or aes/ebu format include a header containing channel status information. False channel status is a common cause of malfunction. The digi96 series ignores th...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 14 12. Operation under asio 2.0 12.1 general as steinberg is the inventor of asio we have chosen steinberg's cubase vst as example on how to use and setup our cards in asio operation. Our asio driver supports any combination of cards from the digi96 series. Important:...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 15 12.2 buffer size - latency the buffer size value in the rme digi settings dialog determines the latency (in this case the delay) between the audio application and the digi96 series as well as general system stability. The higher the value, the more tracks can be re...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 16 working at 96 khz and 24 bit requires a very fast computer. We recommend at least a g3/400 mhz machine. The reason for this is the very small buffer size in our asio driver at this set- ting. The value 23 ms/32 bit is calculated on 44.1 khz as base. This means at 9...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 17 13. Compatibility 13.1 software the digi96 series is compatible to all major asio applications, like cubase vst, emagic lo- gic, opcode studio vision pro, prosoniq sonic worx, tc spark and peak from bias. Furthermore there is compatibility to the following programs...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 18 14. Troubleshooting in case the driver icon appears with a red cross after installation of the drivers: • is the error led of the digi96/8 pst lit when no cable is connected to the optical input? If not, the card is either defective or not sitting properly in its s...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 19 15. Warranty each individual digi96/8 pst undergoes comprehensive quality control and a complete test in a pc environment at rme before shipping. This may cause very slight signs of wear on the contacts (if the card looks like it was used one time before - it was)....
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 20 analog input and output: pin assignment of the trs jacks analog input and output are acces- sible through stereo ¼" trs jacks. This allows a direct connection of headphones at the output. In case the output should work as line out an adapter trs plug to coaxial (ph...
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 21 block diagram.
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User's guide digi96/8 pst © rme 22 ce this device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the european council di- rective on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic com- patibility (emvg) according to en 55022 class b and en50082-1. Fcc complian...